Burton Custom Snowboard (Fall 2008)

Burton Custom Snowboard (Fall 2008):
Redesigned with a wider waist in longer lengths for the big boys, Burton's Custom remains the delightful detour from conformity. Traditionally experienced snowboarders were forced to make a choice between specialized freestyle and freeride designs, which often limit you to certain parts of the mountain. Burton's Custom Snowboard spans the gap between freestyle and freeride designs without messing up the performance potential for aggressive riders. This season Burton redesigned the width of the 158-cm. and larger Custom boards so bigger riders can enjoy the same versatility. The Custom features Burton's Pro Tip construction that gives the board more of a freestyle twin-tip shape with a light and easy swing weight, but the 10-mm. Back-of-Center-Stance Location locks in the all-mountain potential. It has a proven Super Fly II™ core, a vertical sandwich of hard and soft woods for minimal weight and better snap. A Carbon I-Beam backbone adds more longitudinal response without bulking up the weight. If you could peer inside the fiberglass construction you would find that the wood grain along the toe and heel edges runs perpendicular to the rest of the wood core in a design called DualZone™ Edge Grain Direction, a process that elevates edging performance without sacrificing durability. The wood is wrapped in a long layer of Triax fiberglass topped off with two more diagonal layers, resulting in a torsional stiffness that translates to intuitive carving and easy turn initiation. Another nice touch is Burton's new 10:45 Sidewalls, an impact-absorbing edge design that uses two different angles to add strength and performance that lasts through seasons of hard landings.

• Burton "feel" rating: 6 on a scale of 1 to 7
• Excellent for all terrain, but suitable for pipes, parks and groomed runs
• Burton likes pairing their Cartel bindings and Hail snowboard boots with the Custom
• Nose/waist/tail widths in 158 cm: 292.5/249/292.5 mm. (formerly 291.5/248/291.5 mm.)
• Sidecut radius in 158 cm.: 8.01 m.
• Stance width in 158 cm.: 530 mm.
• Burton Infinite Ride® technology for consistent and lasting flex
• Super Fly II™ wood core with a negative core profile for softer flex and torsion between bindings resulting in more independent foot control
• 10-mm. back-of-center stance location for better all-mountain cruising
• Pro Tip profiled tip and tail reduces swing weight while improving powder float
• 10:45 Sidewalls feature two distinct angles for durability that meets the needs of aggressive riders
• Dualzone™ Edge Grain Direction at toe and heel edges for enhanced edging
• Carbon I-Beam for enhanced longitudinal snap
• Triax™ Response fiberglass for torsional stiffness and near-effortless turn initiation
• High-grade Sintered WFO Base saturated with a pre-conditioned, wax-impregnated base
• Suggested weight range: 130-180 lbs. (59-82 kg.) in 158 cm, 210 lbs. (95 kg.) max in 166 cm. length

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